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1795: How Young Napoleon Became Famous by a Massacre

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1795: How Young Napoleon Became Famous by a Massacre

A series of events took place on this day, which led to young Napoleon achieving the status of a French n ...

A series of events took place on this day, which led to young Napoleon achieving the status of a French national hero. Namely, Napoleon managed to defend the French revolutionary government from attac ...

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1914: Taxicabs “Saved” Paris from the Germans during the War

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1914: Taxicabs “Saved” Paris from the Germans during the War

Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke (also known as Moltke the Younger), was the nephew of Helmuth Karl Bernh ...

Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke (also known as Moltke the Younger), was the nephew of Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (Moltke the Elder). Graf von Moltke defeated France in the Franco-Prussian ...

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845: Vikings Attack Paris

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845: Vikings Attack Paris

The Vikings attacked Paris in the year 845, in one of their invasions deep into the French mainland. Name ...

The Vikings attacked Paris in the year 845, in one of their invasions deep into the French mainland. Namely, the Vikings were people from Scandinavia who began a major expansion in the late eighth cen ...

March 28, 2016
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1997: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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1997: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

On this day in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died. Her car was badly damaged in the Parisian underpass. ...

On this day in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died. Her car was badly damaged in the Parisian underpass. Dodi Fayed was with Diana when the accident occurred. He was Mohamed Al-Fayed’s son. Mohamed w ...

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1944: German Occupation of Paris Ends

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1944: German Occupation of Paris Ends

On this day in 1944, the Nazi German garrison in Paris surrendered to the Allies. Paris had been occupied ...

On this day in 1944, the Nazi German garrison in Paris surrendered to the Allies. Paris had been occupied since June 1940, i.e. for more than four years. The Allies landed on the coast of Normandy in ...

August 25, 2015
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1792: Louis XVI, King of France, Imprisoned in Templar Fortress

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1792: Louis XVI, King of France, Imprisoned in Templar Fortress

On 13 August 1792 Parisian revolutionaries arrested King Louis XVI and the royal family, including Queen ...

On 13 August 1792 Parisian revolutionaries arrested King Louis XVI and the royal family, including Queen Mary Antionette, the king’s son and heir to the throne, the king’s daughter, and the king’s sis ...

August 13, 2015
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1723: Cardinal Guillaume Dubois – Third of Four Cardinals who Governed France as Chief Ministers

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1723: Cardinal Guillaume Dubois – Third of Four Cardinals who Governed France as Chief Ministers

Cardinal Guillaume Dubois, one of the four cardinals of the Catholic Church who served as Chief Ministers ...

Cardinal Guillaume Dubois, one of the four cardinals of the Catholic Church who served as Chief Ministers of the French king, died on this day in 1723. Cardinal Dubois was the third of the mentioned f ...

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1817: Pierre Samuel du Pont – Founder of the Wealthiest Family in the World

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1817: Pierre Samuel du Pont – Founder of the Wealthiest Family in the World

French citizen Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours died on this day in 1817. His descendants became one of t ...

French citizen Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours died on this day in 1817. His descendants became one of the wealthiest families in world history. Namely, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the ...

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